Corner iron for trucks



Jul 1 1924 FTHE.

Patented July l, 1924. I, r l I Ulllf EMIL DIE'IZ, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. ASSIGNOR TO CARL V. DIETZ, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

CORNER IRON FOR TRUCKS.

Application filed June 23, 1923. Serial No. 647,336.

To all whom it may concern: 16 only one of which is shown in the draw- Be it known that I, EMIL Dm'rz, a citizen ing. If desired I may dispense with one of of the United States, residing at Indianthe ordinary bolt holes and drive a screw apolis, in the county of Marion and State through the adjacent rail and the single hole 5 of Indiana, have invented certain new and in the standard. A hole is also shown at useful Improvements in Corner Irons for 17 to receive a bolt passing through regis- Trucks, of which the following is a spectering holes in the arms 14:, the end rail 11 ification. and the bottom board 12, and ears 18 are My said invention relates to a corner iron provided at each side thereof to prevent 10 for trucks and it is an object thereof to rotation of the bolt. Another bolt hole is provide a simple and cheap device of the shown in dotted lines in Figure 2 at 19 by character indicated which can be applied to means of which the iron may be secured to either a side or an end rail of a truck with the end rail by a horizontal bolt, the bolt little difficulty and with a minimum expense holes 16 and 19 being countersunk to pro- 1 in time and money. vide smooth inner faces for the stake socket. Referring to the accompanying drawings, It will be noted that each of these bolt holes which are made a part hereof and on which is offset in such a manner that the bolts will similar reference characters indicate simnot interfere with one another at any time. ilar parts, Various minor changes will suggest them- '20 Figure 1 is a perspective of so much of selves to those skilled in thesart and therea truck as suffices to show the location and fore I do not limit myself to the precise construction of my improved device, and structure shown in the drawings and de- Figure 2, a longitudinal section of the scribed in the specification but only as indicorner iron and the parts adjacent thereto. cated in the appended claim.

25 In the drawings reference character 10 Having thus fully described my said inindicates a side rail of a truck and 11 an vention, What I claim as new and desire to end rail, to which is secured the usual floor secure by Letters Patent, is: board or swivel board 12. My improved A corner iron for trucks comprising a corner iron comprises a socket portion 18 body having a socket, a pair of horizontal 30 and a pair of projecting arms 14 at one arms extending respectively from the upper side of the same, these arms being bent toand lower ends of said socket at one side ward one another at 15 so as to embrace a thereof adapted to engage over a rail, said reduced part of the end rail 11. It will be arms having their ends inturned to embrace seen that the end rail can be secured to the said rail, said corner iron being adapted to 3 side rail in any ordinary manner and that be secured against the side and end rails the corner iron will lie flat against the side and floor board of a truck to hold the parts rail but that no machine. work on the side securely in position, substantially as set rail is necessary. When the corner iron is forth. arranged to have its arms 14: embrace a part In witness whereof, I have hereunto set 4 of a side rail the body of the iron will rest my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, against the end rail without the necessity of this 19th day of June, A. D. nineteen hunany machine work on such rail. dred and twenty-three.

The corner iron of my invention is equally well fitted for fast or loose standards. A EMIL DIETZ- loose standard will be supported on the floor VVit-nesses:

board 12 while a fast standard will be fixed M. L. SHULER, in place by a bolt passing through bolt holes 0. S. BOLING. 

